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corner of your mouth, there.”
    Emma scoffed and rolled her eyes. “Whatever. Can we please
talk about something else? Like, I dunno, maybe the fact that I haven’t seen
you in a thousand years?”
    “Well, that would eventually bring us to why you came to
visit, which would bring us right back around to the Serano brothers anyway. Same
subject,” Chloe tossed over her shoulder as she ducked back behind the counter.
    Inwardly, Emma groaned. It had probably been a mistake to
tell Chloe her exact reasons for needing a vacation. But at the time she’d been
thinking Chloe could help, not shove her in the wrong direction. “What do they
have to do with why I’m here?”
    “Oh please.” Chloe gave her a level look. “They have
everything to do with why you’re here and tonight is the perfect opportunity to
get started on your mission.”
    “You mean with Adam?” The other option just wasn’t, well, an
option.
    The grin that graced Chloe’s face then could only be
described as evil. Pure and simple. “I was thinking more along the lines of the
quiet one.”
    She felt her stomach bottom out at just the concept being
mentioned out loud. “No, absolutely not.” When all the response she got was a shit-eating
grin, she added, “Chloe, he doesn’t fit anywhere on my list. And he
wasn’t exactly clamoring for my attention.”
    Rolling her eyes, Chloe waved Emma’s words away. “You and
that stupid-ass list. You aren’t going to marry him. You’re going to fuck him. And
you forget. I know him way better than you do and I can tell when he’s
interested. You just leave it to me.”
    This time, Emma didn’t even bother to hide her groan. “I
can’t talk you out of this, can I?” She knew Chloe. When the woman had her mind
set on something, there was no changing it. And she loved to play matchmaker.
    When Chloe smiled sweetly and said, “Nope,” she knew arguing
was moot.
    “Just don’t embarrass me, please? And when he turns you
down, don’t badger him or try to trick him.”
    “Don’t worry, he won’t turn me down. And really.” Chloe shot
her an exasperated look. “When have I ever embarrassed you?”

Chapter Three
     
    There were so many cars in the driveway and along the road
that Emma didn’t have to look down at the paper Mina gave her to know that this
was the right address. How many people had been invited to this “small”
gathering anyway? Nervous jitters clattered away in her stomach at all the
possibilities that lay behind that door. Especially as she had no idea what
Chloe had planned. With that girl it could be anything.
    Once she found a parking spot, she squared her shoulders and
tried to calm her anxiety as she made her way up to the two-story brick house. It
doesn’t matter what Chloe’s plans are , she thought defiantly, they aren’t
going to come to fruition . She would pick her own man to work out her plan
with, thank you very much. A man who would certainly be more interested in her
than Ben Serano was.
    She had just raised her fist to knock on the door when it
swung open and she was almost plowed over by a mountain of a man. As it was, he
bumped into her, knocking her slightly off balance. Large hands reached out to
steady her and a shock close to static electricity, only with a warm
aftereffect, burst over her skin at the point of contact.
    Immediately, the hands dropped away and she looked up to
find Ben staring at her almost in bewilderment. “Sorry,” he rumbled, the low,
gravelly tone playing havoc with her nervous system.
    Shaking herself out of her stupor, she managed a small
smile. “It’s okay. Partly my fault, too.”
    To that, it seemed, he had no response. Just looked
awkwardly toward the house then back to her. “You going in?” he barked out and
was it impatiently?
    As she stepped back from him, she could feel her eyebrows
reach toward her hairline. “I was planning on it.” Her eyes narrowed. “Unless
you have a reason I shouldn’t?”
    “Emma!”